Research Article

Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Ulva prolifera and Ulva linza to Cadmium Stress

Table 3

Correlation coefficients between RGR and other indices for U.  prolifera and U.  linza.

IndexCorrelation coefficient

Chl content0.072
Car content0.198
Fv/Fm0.830**
Yield0.858**
Cd2+ content−0.899**
N content0.561**
P content0.687**
OAA0.766**
Na+ content−0.138
K+ content0.881**
Ca2+ content−0.677**
Mg2+ content0.060
Cl content0.444**
K+/Na+0.627**
Ca2+/Na+−0.079
SS content−0.617**
FAA content0.828**
PRO content−0.841**
OA content0.731**
SP content0.752**

at 5% level, **significant at 1% level (two-tailed, ).